United Activists for Animal Rights

United Activists for Animal Rights
Formation1987
TypeNon-profit organisation
PurposeAnimal rights
HeadquartersCalifornia, U.S.
President
Nancy Burnet

United Activists for Animal Rights is an animal rights group led by its president Nancy Burnet and based in California, United States. It was founded in 1987.[1]

United Activists was supported by television personality Bob Barker,[2][3] and the group exposed what they considered their findings of animal cruelty on the set of Project X and in several other media projects together with Barker.[4]

United Activists for Animal Rights, Burnet and Bob Barker were sued by American Humane Association in 1989 for libel, slander and invasion of privacy.[5] It was finally settled by the insurer.[6]

Barker has also helped fund other animal rights groups, including the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose new vessel Bob Barker carries a helicopter named after United Activists' president Nancy Burnet.[7]

References

  1. ^ "United Activists for Animal Rights | Society, Social Assistance & Lifestyle > Animals & Society from". AllBusiness.com. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  2. ^ "Making a Difference, Bob Barker's Way". Looktothestars.org. June 21, 2007. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  3. ^ Host's passion for pets more bit than bark - Variety, Sunday 17 September 2006
  4. ^ "More than a Game (Bob Barker): Celebrities Helping Pets: How You Can Help Pets". Petfinder.com. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
  5. ^ "Bob Barker sued by animal rights group". UPI. August 30, 1989.
  6. ^ Guither, Harold D (1998). Animal Rights: History and Scope of a Radical Social Movement. SIU Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8093-2199-5.
  7. ^ "The Time is Right for Bob Barker to Rescue the Whales". Sea Shepherd. January 5, 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2010.


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